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Blustery Sunday: Strong wind watches, road, snowfall warnings for parts of NZ
Southwest winds are bringing severe gales to parts of the North and South Islands.

In 'Budgy Smugglers': Why Aussies are voting in their underwear
Hundreds of Aussies turned up to vote without pants today, despite the rainy conditions.

Blustery and wintry weather to continue over weekend
Freakish high winds were blamed for the death of a woman in Cambridge yesterday.

'It was devastating': Witnesses tell of tragedy as toppled tree crushes woman
It took time for emergency services to free the critically injured woman, who later died.

Snow hits the south as cold storm moves up NZ
Snow has carpeted skifields, roads and mountain passes in the lower South Island.

Wild weather: Tornado, gales - woman dies after being crushed by tree; harbour bridge lanes closed
Wild weather has hit the country.

Levin tornado: Up to 50 homes damaged, one person injured by glass
For some, the cleanup has begun while others are hunkering down

Watch: 'My mate's car is flying down the road' - tornado slams Levin
The tornado left a trail of destruction through Levin early this morning.

Live: 'Hunker down' - tornado's trail of destruction: buildings damaged, roads closed; polar blast hits NZ
Levin tornado carves trail of destruction, houses damaged, trees torn up, roads closed.

MetService Severe weather: May 20th
MetService Severe weather: May 20th. Video / MetService

Icy blast hits NZ: 849 lightning strikes, flooding - and big swell, snow on the way
Strong winds, heavy rain across NZ, and brace for a temperature drop down south on Friday.

Snowfall warning for Desert Rd
The warning covers the period from 7pm Friday to 1am Saturday.

Winter blast: Icy temps, snow, 'dangerous' waves set to storm in
Large swells of up to 8m are expected to batter the western coastline this weekend.